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Padgett, Ron, 1942-

 Person

Biographical / Historical

American writer and translator.

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1082
Scope and Contents: The collection consists of correspondence, writings, writings of others, personal papers, photographs, printed material, audio recordings, electronic media, and other papers documenting the life and work of poet Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. Correspondence consists of letters from poets, writers, publishers, literary organizations, and others including John Ashbery, Charles Bernstein, Susan Bee, Ray DiPalma, Rachel Blau Duplessis, Ron Padgett, Arthur Sze, and Richard Tuttle. Writings consist of...
Dates: 1955-2015

"Book of methods for getting children interested in writing : a handbook for teachers", n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 42: [Barcode: 39002137170511], Folder: GROUP 695, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Handbook, typescript, compiled by Padgett and others and inscribed by Padgett to "Brent" and "Larry"[Fagin?]. From cover: "An Adventures in Poetry educational pamphlet, ]97]."

Dates: n.d.

Larry Fagin papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 330
Scope and Contents: The collection consists of material created and accumulated by Larry Fagin, stemming from his individual and collaborative work as a poet and editor, and, as well as his work as a teacher, filmmaker, artist, choreographer, and journalist. It also documents his personal and working relationships with other poets and writers associated with the New York School. Material includes correspondence, printed material, typescripts of poems, essays, translations, and film scripts, publicity material...
Dates: circa 1880-2017, bulk 1950-2017

Anselm Hollo papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1701
Abstract: The Anselm Hollo Papers contains correspondence, subject files, writings, teaching files, personal and professional papers, artwork, printed materials, computer media, and audiovisual media by or relating to Anselm Hollo. Notable correspondents include John Ashbery, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Grenier, Langston Hughes, Gerrit Lansing, Ron Padgett, and John Taggart. Writings contain Hollo's translations of works by Ginsberg, Pentti Saarikoski, Dylan...
Dates: circa 1907-2013, circa 1907-2013

Ann Lauterbach papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 736
Abstract: The Ann Lauterbach Papers document the personal and professional life of American poet Ann Lauterbach and consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, born-digital and audiovisual material. The papers contain a number of drafts of Lauterbach's writings from early in her career until roughly 2000. Her correspondence reflects her intellectual circle with correspondents including writers and artists: Stacy Doris, Kenward Gray Elmslie, Richard Hamilton, Susan Howe, Garrett Kalleberg,...
Dates: circa 1918-2020

Phillip Lopate papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1083
Abstract:

The Phillip Lopate papers consists of correspondence, writings, personal papers, teaching files, printed materials, and audiovisual and computer media documenting Lopate's career as a writer, critic, and university instructor. Materials date from circa 1951 to 2015.

Dates: circa 1951-2015

Tom Mandel papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1608
Abstract: Correspondence, drafts of work, journals, ephemera and photographs, research and administrative files, and computer files by or relating to poet Tom Mandel, as well as works by others, 1962-2022. Collection materials document Mandel's writing process, as well as his discussions of writing and personal life with poets, artists, film makers, family members, and friends including Charles Bernstein, David Degener, Lyn Hejinian, Beth Joselow, Ron Padgett, Ted Pearson, Kit Robinson, Ron Silliman,...
Dates: 1962-2022

Charles North papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1091
Scope and Contents: The Charles North papers, which span from 1941 to 2016, contain correspondence, writings, journals, writings of others, CDs, DVDs, photographs, personal papers, artwork, printed material, electronic media, and other papers by or relating to the life and work of Charles North. Correspondents include John Ashbery, Douglas Crase, Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, Tony Towle, Paul Violi, Trevor Winkfield, and other poets and collaborators. Manuscripts by others include works by Ashbery, Crase,...
Dates: 1941-2016

Maureen Owen collection of Greenwich Village poetry

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 218
Abstract: Collection consists of audio recordings, originally recorded on reel-to-reel tape and audio cassette. Many of the recordings are of poets reading their work or the work of others at literary events held by the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery in New York City. Also includes recordings of poets reading their work and being interviewed on Susan Howe's radio shows on WBAI Radio in New York. Miscellaneous readings recorded in Connecticut and elsewhere are present. The collection...
Dates: 1975-1981

Ron Padgett papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 721
Abstract: The collection consists of material created and accumulated by Ron Padgett in the course of his work as a poet, translator, and editor. Material includes extensive correspondence with other poets and writers; manuscripts for Padgett's books of poetry and prose, as well as some juvenilia and early writings; manuscripts for Padgett’s English translations of works by French-language poets including Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, Valery Larbaud, Paul Morand, and Pierre Reverdy;...
Dates: 1922-2019

Postcards : to Ted Berrigan, 1965, 1967, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 42: [Barcode: 39002137170511], Folder: GROUP 695, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Six APcS during the mid 1960s, including two from Paris, mentioning Guillaume Apollinaire, Tristan Tzara, André Breton, Michael Brownstein, Robert Lowell, Colin Wilson, and others.

Dates: 1965, 1967, n.d.

David Shapiro papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1422
Content Description: The David Shapiro Papers consists of correspondence, writings, chronological files, personal and professional papers, digital files, and audiovisual materials by or relating to David Shapiro. Correspondence documents his collaborations and friendships with other writers, poets, critics, and artists in the United States and abroad. Correspondents include John Ashbery, Ted Berrigan, Harold Bloom, Joseph Ceravolo, John Ciardi, Arthur A. Cohen, Peter Cole, Tory Dent, Allen Ginsberg, Michal...
Dates: circa 1950s-2017

"The London report", 1966

 Part of Collection — Box 42: [Barcode: 39002137170511], Folder: GROUP 695, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Draft, typescript carbon, with autograph manuscript corrections and annotations, of a journal Padgett kept while in London from April 21, 1966 to May 2, 1966, signed and dated "May 3rd 1966."

Dates: 1966

Tony Towle papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 745
Abstract: Collection contains correspondence, writings, and other papers documenting the life and literary activities of New York City poet Tony Towle. Towle spent his life in New York City and, after training with Kenneth Koch and Frank O'Hara, was associated with the second generation of the New York School. In addition to Koch and O'Hara, Towle corresponded with numerous poets, artists, and editors based in the city, including John Ashbery, Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, Rob Hershon,...
Dates: 1960-2017

Translations, 1971

 Part of Collection — Box 42: [Barcode: 39002137170511], Folder: GROUP 695, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Translations, typescript, of two poems, "Screaming My Head Off" by Vladimir Mayakovsky and "The Trans-Siberian Express" by Blaise Cendrars. Two translations assembled with preface and notes by Padgett and illustrations by George Schneeman and presented to Ted Berrigan as a birthday present.

Dates: 1971

Trevor Winkfield papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1233
Scope and Contents: This collection contains correspondence, subject files, writings, artwork, and publication material by or relating to the artist and writer Trevor Winkfield. Included are complete issues, as well as source material for Winkfield's poetry journal, Juilliard, which he published from 1968-1972. Also included is writing works by Harry Matthews, Charles North, Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, John Yau, and others. Artwork included in the collection includes paintings and...
Dates: 1928-2017